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Hey guys, Got a load of computers at work and I want to neaten the system up a bit. I'm completely oblivious to this area :P Basically I have 9 machines and I want them to all be slaves of 1 machine which in turn will not allow people to …

I have currently switched from Virtual Box To VMWare for Operating system emulation. It's quite awesome and fast as compared to virtual box. This is first of few problems that I am facing so far. In Virtual Box there was an Option as 'Guest Addition' through which additional features were …

My acer laptop touchpad doesn`t work; but when I uninstall PS/2 mouse driver and restart or shutdown it works perfectly after next windows boot. I have re-intsalled Windows 7. Also when Windows instalation started touchpad was working; but when almost finished it stopped working.

I spent the last 8 or so hours trying to install Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows 8 Pro. Didn't happen. I called iYogi tech support who tryed to help me for the last 3 hours with no success. We finally concluded Office 2010 is not compatible with Windows 8. So, …

My issue: For whatever reason I now have 15 updates that won't update. It goes through the process and when rebooting it says "Failure" and goes through the reverting process, then boots to Win 7-64. Later from the Taskbar it will tell me I have 15 downloads and will want …

Hello Community, I was wondering if there is a reason why my laptop is going slow i haven't installed anything, uninstalled anything. It's just started going slow! Right now i'm backing up my laptop just incase i get that pissed i might actually through it! Here are the specs: Brand …

I'm having trouble signing in to MS Lync 2010 client. I have two laptops and need to have the same user credentials log into both, but never simultaneously. One of the laptops logs in flawlessly; the other attempts to log in and just says "Contacting server and signing in" forever. …

Hello all, Having a very interesting situation here. Working on PC for a friend who stated that it connected to the network, but was unable to browse to any sites using Internet Explorer and Google Chrome... After re-creating the issue, I began with pinging the Default Gateway. Successful. Then I …

Hi, I'm having problem transferring my mails in my second account from Outlook Express to Mozilla Thunderbird. I already transfer all my mails in my primary account and it's so easy (Import options of Mozilla Thunderbird). But I can't find or I don't know how to import my mails from …

I've been having a frequent problem where I have a strong internet connection, but neither Firefox nor IE will connect. I get either timeout errors or "can't find the server" errors. This sometimes happens from boot up, but more often happens while I'm surfing. Rebooting usually corrects the problem and …

I am wondering how to copy files in cmd, but it isn't that simple. I know how to copy normally, but I would like to combine multiple items(Which I also know how to do). My problem comes in when I try to organize the files into folders My file structure …

I can't get IE10 on Windows 8 keep the address of my desired Home page. I want to use google.com as the home page, I go to Internet Options, Use Current Page as home page, then save. It works for only a few minutes before reverting back to blank address. …

Hello, anyone can help me create a .bat file, which will need to copy a .fdb file from a shared folder on one computer to another share on another pc over my LAN network? The .bat needs to be scheduled as well, is it best to use the windows 7 …

I am using outlook express but it is not working properly . So, anybody suggest something for it.

I have tried many options outlook provided, but it still doesn't work. the error box heep prompting up asking me to verify the pop server, my account, and password, after I confirm it, it come up again. when I cancel it, then the dialing prcoess ended with error sugestion.---that the …

hello everyone here, I have deleted the office system, but outlook is still there and could run itself, I am not sure that I deleted office compeletely or not, I deleted it from add/delete of control panel, now I can't find outlook in add/delete control panel, but it still could …

A message comes up saying Setup cannot continue because a required file is either corrupted or not available. Run Setup again from the original disc or download location. But I went to Microsoft and downloaded it again but nothing happened! What should I do to uninstall it???

my PC was installed a software which is developed by China telecom, I don't want it at all, and maybe it can scan my PC. but I can't remove or delete it. I try to open my PC in safe mode, and delete it, but it seems that I don't …

How can I safely change the taskbar / explorer skin without installing any software? I really like the Vista taskbar and I would love to change it. Help would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

On an idle Sunday afternoon, I came accross an article about not showing the animation at the Windows start, and followed the instruction to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> System Configuration ->Boot tab. I clicked the No GUI Boot box and re-started. True enough no animation, but no quicker, …

I am recently having these problem with my computer that when I power on my computer it doesn't start at first time. But it starts when I press the Restart button of CPU. I don't know what's wrong with my computer. I have Windows 7 OS, 160GB HDD & 4GB …

I cannot download adobe flashplayer on my Windows/XP - IE 8.0 system. Adobe's site says my config. is incompatible. It absolutely is not. I've a 3>0 Ghz processor; IE 8.0; 1.00 GB of RAM & 512 MB of graphics memory. Has anyone encountered this and found a work around?

What do you guys think of using a touchpad for windows 8? How compatible will it be with dual screens? Would you get one? I was looking at this one - http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=580-18139&SMCID=62001217&CAWELAID=1625512354&dgc=SS&cid=41147&lid=1069636&acd=23975883824506427 Thanks

I boaght a new laptop with windows 7 starter on. But when I try to adjust the screen brightnes or volume i cant, nothing happens. I have donwloaded and installed all of the drivers on sony's website of my model but it still doesnt work. How can i fix this, …

Hi, when I open microsoft picture it! photo standard 9, The top left hand corner I click file, open. A box comes up, I select the file, click open and the program shuts down! The same thing happens if i select get file from camera. Twice I have uninstalled and …

Windows 7 operating system, computer is asking for boot disc at start up. I have updated BIOS to select hardrive but still not working. It doesnt come up with this error all of the time though. Can anyone help?

from today morning , my keyboard just cant keep up. i type a few words , and then it starts displaying the first letters! quite a trouble this ! i tried google-ing about keyboard becoming slow , but the few forum threads i found suggested a format, but thats not …

At start up, even from hibernate, Atheros 5007UG WirelessAdapter 2 downloads and crashes internet connection. The only way to get my system back is to do a system restore, but the same thing will happen next time I start up. Any other programme needs permission to install but not this, …

Toshiba Windows 7 Laptop is not accepting 1 Critical Update after numerous attempts. It is update KB2667402 159KB. Any help would be appreciated. System is Windows 7 x64.

Win7 32bit laptop. I've looked all over the Control Panel and can't the link for adjusting mouse sensitivity. Had no problem in XP, but this escapes me. Input appreciated. Thanks. Giddyup

hi, I made a new partition to install vista because i wanted to make sure i would have all the files i needed before i normally would've cleaned the original partition and installed it there. I plan to keep the second partition and i would like to move memory from …

forgive my ignorance, there must be a really simple answer to this, but im unaware of it, also, tried google-ing for it, but didnt know what to look for exactly, and didnt get much good answers either. my question is, since 2^32 is around 4Gb, so max usable RAM on …

Hi, i am getting a blank screen it takes more than 15 minutes to display the desk top i am using windows 7 ultimate 32 bit recently i have installed oracle 11g and internet download manager. help me to solve this problem with out formatting the system. thanks for your …

Hi, I have recently been using Linux mint 14 on my computer but after hours of trying to get used to it I have decided to get windows 8. I bought it from a shop, so it's on a disk not downloaded. But when i try to install it, I …

how to join a computer to a domain....i tried using this command in the command propmt------> ( netdom join servere /domain:TeamA.com /userd:TeamA\Team /passwordd:******** ) (server) is the name of the computer i wnt to join to ma domain. (/domain:TeamA.com) TeamA.com is the name of my domain. (/userd:TeamA\Team) Team is the …

hi frenz ....after succesfully installing the windowserver 2008 iso on a vmware...installation was successfull, but didnt see any thing like windows start button. is just showing a command prompt and the windows desktop....what can i do from here am jst confuse bcause the desktop is blank...and no way to access …

hi frenz please i installed vmware workstation 6.5.0 so that i could use it to run windowserver 2008 amd64 (ISO) image and it prompting this error(windows cannot open the requierd file D:\source\installa.wim. the file may be corrupt or missing. make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart …

I have found the following post re this issue does any body have any idea which is correct [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32] "NoFileMru"=dword:00000001 2.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = Yes, allow recent docs 1 = No, do not allow recent docs Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit Value …

hi guys ....pls i wanted knowing ...if i buy a book on windows server 2008R2 /2012.....and am using windows server 2008.....will ther be any issues

hi frend how cn i give a newly install windowserver 2008 on my pc a root domain name.....so that i could do automatic deployment of printer configuration on group policy an so fourth on my pc

My computer takes very long to shutdown about 8 minutes when i played games. If i didnt play games it is a bit faster but still takes about 6 minutes to shut down. It didnt do this till recently.... My pc specs: CPU: Intel core i7 8 cores at 1.73 …

Hi, A problem Ihave not been able to solve: P.C. is off. move or knock the keyboard and the P.C. boots. now even though the P.C. is off the keyboard light is on. (wife noticed this morning)so I pressed a few keys. P.C. did not start. It's temperatemental, if one …

Hello, There is a service that is running in services.msc called Disk Defragmenter with a description "Provide Disk Defragment capabilities." If I look in msconfig under services, it's also listed in there with a check mark in the box. Now if I look in the Event Viewer in Windows Log …

Hey all, I'm having a problem with my Internet Explorer. Every time that I try to use it I simply get, "The Page Cannot Be Displayed"/ "Cannot find server or DNS error". However, despite this my Mozilla Firefox works without any problems. What seems to be the issue at hand? …

I recently purchased a Lenovo Yoga 13 ideapad laptop, it is great but for some odd reason I can't scroll around in the Microsoft Store. It is frozen but I can open the search though... Any ideas?

Sorry about this post, This is the oldest Windows catagory I found. Anyway , I have installed Windows 3.1 on an old 1.6 GB hard drive I found and it runs fine! But I want to know how to get a sound card to work with Windows 3.1. Here are …

I am wondering if anyone knows what is the best and easiest way to convert EDB file into PST file. I tried Exmerge utility but it can't convert my EDB file into Outlook properly anyone recommend best EDB to PST Converter tool? so, please suggest me.....

Hi, I can not print pdf files from my system. I have windows xp sp3. When I did search over internet If I would uninstall adobe reader then I will be able to print pdf files. But my problem is this I dont see any adobe reader software in add …

Hi.... :S I need some advice from the Exchange Server 2003 experts ! [B]General info :[/B] - windows server 2003 - exchange server 2003 - windows xp pro with office 2003 - 300 users/mailboxes. [B]Problem: [/B] due to a hardware failure a exchange server database crashed. the worst news was... …

Hi, I've had a look around the forums but I couldn't find a specific answer to my query. I'm following a worksheet I was given from university. We have just started working on SQL and databases and on the worksheet it uses SQL 2008 Server Management Studio. The version I …